[OSEN=정준화 기자] The hero of the 30th Golden Disc Awards was BIGBANG as expected. BIGBANG showed off their formidable power by taking triple crowns in the digital songs’ segment of the Golden Disc Awards, including the grand prize, a main award, and Aichii artist award which is a popularity award. 
The “30th Golden Disc Awards” was held on the 20 at Kyunghee University’s Peace Hall. The hero for the awards for the digital songs’ segment was BIGBANG. BIGBANG proved their status as the best boy group in Korea by taking total three prizes. 
First, 10 teams to get the main prize were selected and one out of them was selected as the awardee of the grand prize. The 10 teams who took the main award were EXID, Red Velvet, AOA, Zion.T, JY Park, SISTAR, Kyuhyun, Taeyeon, BIGBANG, and Girls’ Generation. Among them, BIGBANG was the one to get the grand prize.
The rookie of the year award, the award that any artist can received only once in their lifetime, went to group iKON and GFRIEND. Actor Jo Jeong-seok came upon the stage as the presenter. GFRIEND who received the rookie award said, “I really thank the president of my company and fans. We’ll do our best so we can reward everyone’s support. Thank you.” iKON said, “I feel so flattered every time iKON receives this award. iKON will do our best to give back to everyone’s support. I really thank president YANG HYUN SUK, our family members, and iKONICs”.

The Next-Generation Award is given to a team who showed the biggest potential in the Asian pop music market. The award went to rookie idol group MONSTA X. Rock Band Award was given to band Hyuk Oh and the Best R&B Award was given to San-E. 
Aichii Artist Award which is the popularity award was given to BIGBANG and Taeyeon, according to the result of popularity voting hosted on the website of Aichii in advance.
BIGBANG received the grand prize of the digital songs segment. BIGBANG’s T.O.P said, “I thank vip fans who always support us. I think we have one more year to stand before you as team BIGBANG. We’ll work harder to give you even better performances”.
G-DRAGON also expressed his gratitude by saying, “I don’t know what to say, as we received many awards today. We’ll keep creating good songs along with the other artists here with us now. Please continue to support us, happy new year, thank you”.
TAEYANG received grand prize in this year’s Golden Disc Awards following the award he got last year. He said, “I’m really grateful that we could receive the prize with the other BIGBANG members. I recently felt that the love you’ve sent to us is not an ordinary one. I’ll live every day of my life, cherishing the special love you’ve shown for us. President YANG, TEDDY, all the staff members of YG, managers, I always thank you. The ones for which I’m the most grateful are of course vips.”
The 30th Golden Disc Awards are held on the 20 and 21 this month. It is a renowned music awards that has been held for the past 30 years, and this year’s awards gives all the fancier spectacles and entertainment. It is live-broadcasted on NAVER V-APP, with performances of K-pop stars who drew big popularity throughout Asia during last year.
Fancy performances of awardees caught the eyes of the audience and viewers. Since all the musicians who enjoyed the biggest popularity during the last year perform at the awards, the atmosphere was so heated up. Awardees including EXID, Red Velvet, iKON, GFRIEND, MONSTA X, Hyuk Oh, San-E, AOA, Zion.T, Taeyeon, Kyhyun, SISTAR, and BIGBANG gave fancy performances in this year’s awards.
Not only the musicians but also award presenters are famous stars. Popular actors and actresses including Hwang Jeong-eum, Jo Jeong-seok, Kang Sora, and Park Hae-jin, as well as fashionistas such as Han Chae-young, Jang Yoon-joo, Sohn Taeyeong, and Chae Jeong-ahn attended this year’s Golden Disc Awards.
Golden Disc Music Awards are a music festival where K-pop songs that enjoyed the biggest popularity during a year are awarded with the grand prize for the best songs and albums segments, main prizes, rookie awards, popularity awards, and special awards. This year’s Golden Disc Awards held on the 20 and 21 are live-broadcasted on NAVER V-APP, QTV, and Jiangsu Satellite TV.
The artists in the list below are the awardees of the “30th Golden Disc Awards”. 
▲Grand Prize: BIGBANG
▲Main Prize: EXID, Red Velvet, AOA, Zion.T, SISTAR, JY Park, Kyuhyun, Taeyeon, BIGBANG, Girls’ Generation
▲Rookie Award: iKON, GFIREND
▲Aichii Artist Award: BIGBANG, Taeyeon
▲Next-Generation Award: MONSTA X
▲Best Rock Band Award: Hyuk Oh
▲Best R&B Hip-Hop Award: San-E
2016. 1. 21.

Source: YG Life

  
[일간스포츠=황미현 기자] The hero of the 30th Golden Disc Music Awards was BIGBANG. 
BIGBANG who celebrates the 30th anniversary of their debut this year made a meaningful smile, receiving the honorable grand prize from the 30th Golden Disc Music Awards (digital songs segment) held on the 20 this month at the Peace Hall of Kyunghee University. 
BIGBANG took triple crowns from the awards for this year, including the grand prize for the best song of the year, a main prize, and Aichii male artist award.
BIGBANG was the most promising nominee for the grand prize of the music awards. BIGBANG released new songs every month from May to August last year, creating big hit and big sensation. Every time the team unveiled new songs, they swept No.1 on music charts and never missed the top place on monthly charts. The big sensation created by BIGBANG then is still continuing.
BIGBANG took No.1 for four months in a row on Gaon digital chart, with “LOSER” of “M”, the first single of their “MADE” project, with “BANG BANG BANG” of second single “A” released in June, “IF YOU” of third single “D” released in July, and then with “LET’S NOT FALL IN LOVE” of last single “E”.
It was first such case in Korea for a group to take No.1 on monthly chart for four months in a row. As the unprecedented record well-demonstrated BIGBANG’s unlimited potential, BIGBANG stood under a big spotlight.
BIGBANG gave performances in Korea for a long time last year, releasing one single with two songs every month from May to August. They did not stop giving performances in Korea even though they were so busy with their world tour. BIGBANG’s special commitment to fans won the hearts and minds of fans.
After leading their “MADE” album to a great success, BIGBANG continued their success overseas. Beginning from a concert held on October 2 (local time) last year at Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, BIGBANG held a tour in the States, on October 3 at Staples Center in Los Angeles and on October 4 at Honda Center in Anaheim. More than 30,000 tickets for the three concerts held in three cities in America were sold out, bringing a big success to BIGBANG’s American tour.
That was the first BIGBANG tour in North America in three years since “ALIVE GALAXY TOUR” held in 2012. The 2012 tour was held in four cities in two countries, including Los Angeles, Anaheim, New Jersey, and a city in Peru. BIGBANG’s North America tour last year was larger in the scale, with concerts in six cities in three countries including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Anaheim, New Jersey, Toronto in Canada, and Mexico City in Mexico, showing how much BIGBANG’s influence has grown in the region.
The big popularity of BIGBANG who created sensation for four months last year is still continuing. The music video of BIGBANG’s “BANG BANG BANG” surpassed 100 million views on the 19 this month, within seven months of the song’s release. “BANG BANG BANG” is BIGBANG’s second song whose video surpassed 100 million views following the same record of the video of “FANTASTIC BABY”, which makes BIGBANG the only Korean idol group that holds such a record.
2016. 1. 21.

Source: YG Life